Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais

Beauvais Cathedral

Date

begun 1225

Work Type

Style/Period

Notes

The church has the highest Gothic choir in the world. However, suffering two collapses – one in the 13th century and the other in the 16th – it remains unfinished today as works halted in 1600.

References

View on Wikidata.

See Also

View in Mapping Gothic

Beauvais, Cathédrale Saint-Pierre

Related Fieldwork Collection

Mapping Gothic

Life of a Cathedral: Notre Dame of Amiens

Panoramas of World Architecture

Exterior, transept from south west
Exterior, nave (Basse Oeuvre c. 1000) south side
Exterior, nave (Basse Oeuvre c.1000) south side
Exterior, transept from south west
Exterior, west side of the north transept and cloister
Exterior, general view from the west with basse-œuvre in foreground
Exterior, transept from south west
Exterior, transept from south west
Exterior, transept from south west